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The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1887-06-09
Rellgious Fanatlc.

PITTsBURG, Pa, June 6.-Fred II.
Herman aged twenty-three, en-
ployed as helper in an iron mill, this
afternoon killed his daughter, aged
nineteen months, and beat his
wife until he thought her dead, and
then cut his own throat, severing the
windpipe and jugular vein. Herman is a
member CT the Evangelical church and
an Intelligent, sober man. His wife is
a Catholic, but on questions of faith
they have managed to agree until re-
Gently. The first two children were
baptized in the Evangelical
Lutheran faith but Mrs. Herman
recently determined that the baby
should be baptized into her church.
This was done two weeks ago but the
father was ignorant of the fact until
to-day when a friend told him. On
returning home from work he spoke to
his wife about the matter and telling
her now it was a question of the death
of one of them and started to get a
knife. The wife jumped from the
window and he followed her to a
neighbours house, where he beat heI
into insensibility with a brick. Re-
turning to his home he seized a razor
and cut her throat in terrible man
ner and then cut his own. Herman
will die and his wife is in very seri-
GUS condition. The dying man has
written a note that his wife deceived
him, but that he fOrgiVeS her
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On motion the salary of the teacher
Of natural science in our High School
was placed at S75 per month, for the
ensuing year.
j. G. Traylor having concluded to re-
move from the Fourth Ward, placed
his resignation in the hands of
the Board, which was very reluctantly
accepted.
On motion Mr.. G. P. Theis was
elected to fill the vacancy caused by
the resignation of j. G.. Traylor.
Moved and seconded that we now
proceed to elect janitors for the ward
schools, which resulted in the election
of Knox, West and Ashley to succeed
themselves.
Motion made and carried that when
we adjourn we adjourn to meet in reg
ular session on Monday evening, June
ID, at which time teachers will be
elected.
Motion made and carried that the
Committee on Examination hold an
examination for the new teachers who
may wish position in our schools, on
Saturday, June 0, '87, at the High
School building, commencing at
a. m, also at the same hour and place
July 80, 1887.
The chairman of the Supply Commit
tee was instructed to issue bids for all
printing in his judgment necessary to
be done.
Motion made and carried that this
board pay for the services of first and
second grade teachers $50 per month fol
the first year, and S55 per month there
after, and that it pay $45 per month
for the first year for intermediate
grades and $50 per month thereafter.
1t was ordered by the board that the
sixth grade be raised to the High
School and is hereafter part of sale
High School.
1t was also ordered by the board that
the three assistants in said Higf
School be paid salary eff S55 PEI
month.
1t was now ordered by the board thai
it adjourn to meet June 10, 1887.
VIM. +. EWING, Clerk.
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Triple KILLING.

LOUISVILLE, June S.-A special to
the Evening Times says: The citizens
of Moorehead, Rowan county are
again startled by the killing of three
men yesterday. The town marshal of
Moorehead, John Mannin, had war
rant for the arrest of Jack and William
Logan, sons of the notorious DR..
Henry D. Logan, who is now in Lex
ington jail on charge of murder.
Mannin went to the house of the
Logan boys to arrest them but the old
lady told him that they were not in.
He told her that he would have to
search the house and proceeded to do
Logan boys, who were concealed above,
fired upon him. inflicting fatal wounds.
Mannin's posse of two men who were
with him then returned the fire of the
Logan boys, killing them both.
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EvECr1NG srRrKERs.
Striking Miners ThFast into the street
without shelter.

Striking Miners ThRaSt Into the Street
without shelter.
The men employed in the mines oper-
ated by J. 8. Wentz & Co., at Halle
brook, have been on q strike for several
weeks, and on Saturday the company
began the forcible eviction of the mems
families from their homes.
The whole village and the land lying
around it for miles is owned by the
company, and they via not sell OF
lease foot of it. Every employee is
compelled to rent a miserable
hovel from the company and sign
a cut-throat lease waiving every right
as a tenant. On Saturday Deputy
Sheriff Brockway, backed by number
of PinkertOn men, appeared in the vii
lage and without warning began tC
turn the people out. Six families
with all their effects, were thrown or
the hillside. Everything the houses
contained was thrown ont of doors and
windows, the womesl. and children
driven out and the doors locked behind
them.
The company had given notice that
| any tenant affOrding shelter to the
evicted, would himself be dispossessed
| and not soul in the village dare take
the unfOrtunateS in. Mrs. DunlaYey
/ was sick in bed when the officers
entered. She was put out and the bed
thrown after her, and it was with diff.
Guilty that she obtained permission tC
stay that night at a neighbor's
She was the only one thus favored
The other women and children had tC
sleep on the ground, without roof OF
shelter. The company would not even
allow wagons to come on their land tC
remove them.
The strike grew out of efforts of the
Knights of Labor to break up the
''Pluck Me' store system of the com
pany, which eats up The scanty wages
of the men. The condition of the min
ers has been one of absolute slavery
When news of the evictions reached
here assistance was sent to bring the
homeless people here and the knights
began legal proceedings on Tuesday to
test the legality of the leases but the
company is preparing for further evic-
tions and the tenants are helpless. Eye
witnesses described the scenes of the
evictions as most brutal and great in
dignatiOn prevails.
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E-caned TReinp 0Tobbed.

ST. LOUIS, Mo-, June ga special
from Arkansas City, says: Constable
Jerry Carter arrived here late last with
Prisoner Ralf Brown charged with
shooting Alex. Jones in Red Fork
township last Saturday. Jones was
whipping his wife when Brown ordered
him to desist. Jones refused and
Brown emptied both barrels of a shot
gun into his head, binding him, sever
ing his tongue and breaking his jaw.
Jones' friends assembled Sunday night
and boldly asserted their intention OF
lynching Brown. Constable Carter in
formed his prisoner of the danger and
they made break for the woods by a
back door as the mobbers entered in
the front.
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FOuIIy Murdered.

ST. LOUIS, June s.-A special from
Ozark, Missouri, says: About2 o'clock
yesterday afternoon Bob Meadows, an
old citizen of Christian county, was
assassinated. He and his wife were
walking unsuspecting along the road
through a dense woods when the
woman was startled by the report of
gun and saw her husband fall lifeless
to the ground. He was shot through
the breast with bullet from Win
chester rifle. Immediately after the
shot was fired Mrs. Meadows says she
saw two men run from an ambush near
by but she could not recognize them.
It is not thought that the killing of
Meadows grew out of the Bald-Kob
trouble, although the murdered man
was at one time ordered to leave the
country. Three years ago James Pay
ton was sent to the penitentiary on a
life sentence for the murder of Claudio
Matthews and Meadows was instru-
mental in securing this conviction.
This is the forty-third murder in this
county since the war.
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HURON, OAK, June 7.-Simon Mel
son shot and killed Mrs. Shaw, her sOI
aged fifteen and her sister Miss Ly.
man aged twenty-five this morning
The tragedy was the result of a contest
over tree claim which had been de.
cided in favor of Mrs. Shaw. Nelson
also shot man named Kilson, through
the body, fatally wounding him. Mr.
Lyman was with the party but escaped
by getting behind team. After the
shooting Nelson returned home and
placing the muZZle of his rifle to his
head blew out his own brains. The
crime was committed twelve miles
from his place.
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At Chicago,

CHICAGO, ILL.,, June s, 1887.
7HoGs-Receipts, 900 head; market opened
fairly active at &c declinci light, Si-5ND4-W;
shipping, 81 gOlB510.
CArp4E-Receipts, $500 head; market steady
heeVes, S4.OOf04.g6; cows, &s.0O0D3.5O; stockers
and feeders. S2.906I3.60.
SHEEP-Recepts, 1900 head; market steady;
common to ceoice, S2.756bS4.l5; lambs, SI.50l0
300 per head.
WHEAT-Market about steady for futures;
1885,.
CoRN-Market steady; No. ., cash, $3.50; Ju-
ly, 39Ikc; August, 40Rc.
OATS-Market steady and unchanged; cash,
25I.c; July, 26Sc; August, 26c.
PORK-Market lower; cash, S2lO0.
LARD-Market stronger; cash, S5.62gS; July,
S6.67IS: August, 1910.
WHISKY-Sl10.;
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a CIOud Burst.

CLEVELAND, o., June 6.-During the
thunder storm Sunday a cloud burst
over the village of Grafton, Ohio, flood
ing the streets in few minutes. The
culvert of the Cleveland, Lorraine s.
Wheeling railroad was soon washed
out, the abutments being carried into
the fields. A chasm sixty feet wide
was caused at Owl creek, two miles
from Grafton and a bridge was washed
out just asa freight train was crossing.
The engine and five cars crossed in
safety but seventeen cars went down
with the wreck. Two miles east on the
G. G. G. & l railroad is washout of
thirty feet. Wagon bridges were
washed away in many places and Gel
lars were filled with water and much
damage was done. The loss by the
storm will be several thousand dollars.
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A Fight WITH tenants.

DUBLIN, June 7.-Evictions at
Bodyke were continued to-day. Ten
ant Mcnamara who was behind in his
rent, defended lis house but balliffs
broke a hole in the wall. Logs and
boiling water were thrown through the
umbrella dashed Through the
opening made by the bailiffs and
other officers followed him. A fight
ensued and the tenants were evicted
and afterwards arrested. The bailiffs
charge the tenants withdrawing thrown
vitriOl upon them, but this is denied
A tenant named Murphy made similar
resistance of eviction from his hold.
inO -
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PHENEs CREEK.

JUNE Mot having seen anything
in your worthy paper from this neigh
borhood for ever so long, few words
may not be unwelcomed by you about
our dOings; so while my brothers are at
your city trading 'doctored bosses. and
the "wimin folks are around selling
tinware-and spotting chicken roOsts, /
will while away my leisure moments at
camp in writing.
The most absorbing question here at
present is the location of the school
house tKirkendall's) few dissatisfied
at the present location, because that
they will never have the honor Of
boarding the ''school marm," and all
dislike the taste of alkaline water.
The fight is getting quite hot. Both
sexes are taking great interest in it,
and it may be well as a precautionary
measure, for our sheriff to send out to
our next school meeting few special
constables.
Mr.. Nathan Workman was seen
proudly stalking along the other day
with a broad smile on his face. It
meant a new member in the family, a
bouncing girl at that.
A detachment of the Salvation Army
payed us a visit last night at the school
house. Their appearance was quite a
novelty dnOuB US clOuuOppoIS.
Both MeSSrS. Fred Workman and
Richard Peters and families left us for
your city. What is our loss is your
| gain.
The prospects for a crop of oats and
/ wheat around here is very poor Corn
looks first rate, and is cleverer than /
ever saw it before.
Our county commissioners favored us
with new bridge across the creek, and
also new approaches for the Locker
man bridge. The improvements are
highly appreciated by the community
If our commissioners would only
straighten the road from the northeast
corner of section twenty-six over the
bridge to the half section line between
the north and south halves of section
twenty-four, we would think still more
of them. BY so doing our way to the
city would be shortened about a quar-
ter of mile, besides three or four ugly
angles would be taken out of the road
GYPSY Spy.
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STOCK AND PRODUCE.
Al Kansas city.

KANSAS CITY, Mo-, juno g. 1887.
eaS-The Kansas City Live Stock market is
reported especially for the ENPORIA DAILY
NEWS by FISH, KICK s. CO., Exchange build.
ing, Kansas City Stock Yards.
CATTIE-Receipts, 100 head; market strong
and a shade higher for good, common weak.
HOGS-Receipts, Is, 800 head; market opened
steady closing weak.
The Daily Indicator reports:
wHEAr-Dun; No. ? red, cash, 721Sc asked;
June, T22sc asked: July and August, no bids
nor offerings; No. soft, cash, T9c asked;
June, sales at 1Sc.
CORN-Market steady: No. 2, cash, 3Ilac
asked; July, 32L6c bid, js5sc asked; August.
S6ssc asked; No. white, cash, 355sc bid, 35Sc
asked.
OATs-No. 2, cash, 21l6o bid, 29Kc asked.
RYE-No bids nor offerings.
EGGs-Unchanged; BE per dozen.
BUTTER--Unchanged.
HAy-ITuchanged. $1,000.
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PAoLA, Kas., June THE Wyan-
dotte train wreckers' case was again
called this morning in the Miami court.
On account of the absence of Governor
johnson and Major Warner, it was
postponed until tomorrow morning at
which time the case will be begun
whether these gentlemen are here or
not. Judge Hindman stated that in
Justice to the court, to the defendants,
and to the people the trial would begin
at the stated time. The witnesses are
all expected on the early morning train.
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DEPRAVED WRETCHES.
Division of Property Causes a Ranch
man to Kill His Brother.
Mrs. Shaw Murdered by Her Opponent
IN a Tree Claim Contest.
Dlminutive Kids on Trial for the
Death of an Italian.
A Lutheran Husband Kills His Catho-
lie Wife.
Five Boys Sink Together in an Iowa
Stream.
KilIed His Brother.

CHICAGO, Ill, June IA special
from Eagle Pass, Texas, says: Thomas
county, Texas, killed his brother, Jo-
seph Lamb, a wealthy ranchman, yes
terday on Mexican soil. The brothers
went to their sheep ranch six miles
from Piedras Negras in Mexico, and
while there quarreled over a division of
the property. Joseph was killed, his
body being literally hacked to pieces.
Thomas Lamb drove into PiedraS Ne
gras, intending to cross to Texas. He
was arrested and troops had to be
called out to keep the Mexicans from
lYnchinp him
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struck wIth ParaIyeIs,

WAsHINGTON, June Wv. w. Cor
coran, the aged millionaire philanthrO-
phist, was suddenly stricken with par
alysis in the left arm and left leg yes
terday afternoon while dining with his
family. He suddenly exclaimed, ''WhO
hit me on the head?" at the same time
said it felt as if he had received blow.
A moment later he felt for his fork
with his left hand and could not find
it, nor did he know when it was put in
to his hand. His mind was perfectly
clear and he insisted that there was
nothing the matter with him except a
feeling of numbness in the left arm. A
few minutes later he arose and at
tempted to go to the next room, when
he found that his leg was also affected
and that he had lost control over it.
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ST. LOUIS, Mo-, June g, 1887.
CATTLE-Receipts, LOO head; market easier;
choice heavy native steers, Si:St0D4-50; butch
ers' 81. 606I4.30; Texans, 1.@O6D4.lO.
HOGS-Receipts, $500 head; market active
and steady; choice heavy and butchers, 1910
Oslo; packing, S4.SOl14.g0; Workers, S4bOD4.10;
pigs. E3.S0614.5O.
SHEEP-Receipts, 5000 head; market quiet.
WHEAT-Market steady: No. red, cash,
s61a@S67sc; June, s61sc; July, S1sc August,
SIC.
CoRN-Market nc lower; No. mixed, cash,
SIC; June, $3.50; July, 3l4c.
OATs-Market dull; cash, 271sc; June, 2716c
bid; July, 25c bid.
PORK-Market firm at S15.OG.
LARD-Firm; 1910.
WHISKY-Steady at Sl.O5.
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CurtaiIing the output.

PTTTsBURG, Pa. June Sat con-
vention of the Amalgamated Assoc1a-
ton of Iron and Steel workers this
morning a resolution was adopted pro-
viding for the appointment of acommit-
tee to regulate the output in different
mills and to secure a uniformity in the
various classes of work in the different
mills. One of the principal changes to
be made in the constitution as intro
duced is a clause admitting colOred
skilled workmen to membership. This
is to be done as precaution against
their joining the Knights of Labor and
thus causing trouble in the trade.
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One Professor Shoots Another in tn,
Presence of His Pupils.
Bob Meadows Killed by Ambushei
Bald Knobbers.
A Marshal Goes for the Logan Boys
and A ! Three are Killed.
Alex Jones Perforated for Whipping
HIS Wife.
AProresaor,aPOn.

CINCINNATI, June IA special from
Henderson, Kentucky, says that the
city was shocked about 2 p. m. yester-
day to hear that Prof. E. S. Clark, SUI
perintendent of the public schools, had
been shot and killed by Prof. Thomas
Posey, principal in the high school.
The two men, having had a long-stand-
ing enmity, got into quarrel in the high
school room, when Principal Posey
drew revolver and fired three shots at
Clark in the presence of the pupils
wounding him severely in the face,
arm and shoulder. Posey surrendered
himself. Both men are prominent in
society
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Caf1Ie Ounrantine.

CHICAGO, June "a special from
Omaha, Nebraska, says: The Ne
braska Live Stock Sanitary commits
sion has asked the governor to issue a
quarantine proclamation against Col
orado, and all shipments of cattle from
that state through Nebraska. Some
time since Colorado quarantined against
Nebraska without assigning any
reason, and the action of the Nebraska
commission is to bring the Colorado
authorities to sense of the injustice
thew infIict AGAINST that state.
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Applied the Lash.

CoRYDoN, Ind, June About II
o'clock Sunday night John Glenn, a
young married man living about two
miles west of this place, was called to
his front door by loud knock. On
opening the door Glenn was seized by
ten masked men and dragged out of the
house. He was taken a short distance
from his home, where party of thirty
men was waiting, and was told that he
was to receive fifty lashes from hick-
DRY switches for his frequent misde-
meanors. His night clothes were
stripped from him and he was tied to a
tree and dashed in a horrible manner.
He begged for mercy, but the ''regu-
lators'' did not cease until forty-nine
lashes had left their marks on his body.
He was then united and left in a semi
conscious state on the ground. He was
shortly afterward found by his family
and taken home, where he is still con-
fined to his bed in a serious condition
Glenn admits that he visited the house
of family named Fry while the male
members were absent and attempted tt
outrage young girl. He is also under
bond to answer to a charge OF burglary
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LIked fhe Rarnily.

NEW YORK, June "a Janesboro,
Georgia, special says: A singular sue
cession of marriages has furnished
amusement for the people of Fayette
county in the last two years. There
number of Starnes girls. The Handy
boys began marrying Starnes' daugh-
tiers in succession. He protested, but in
vain, and the last couple clipping were
married here Saturday. Mr.. Starnes
seeing himself thus outwitted went tC
the house Of Mrs. Handy the mother
and almost by foree put her in his
buggy and riding of to Fayetteville
married her.
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school Board Meeting.
SUPERINTENDENT OFFICE,
June &. 1887.

O0AO Us LOOts
Board met in regular session. Pres
ent: D. w. Morris, r. II. Edmiston,
j. G. Traylor. j. w. Eastman, w. s.
Jay, r. Lakin, D. Kaynaston and w.
F. Ewing. D. w. Morris in the chair.
Minutes of last regular meeting were
read and approved.
Committee of arrangements for COM
mencement exercises reported they had
made all necessary arrangements and
everything completed for holding same
in the opera house on Thursday even
ing, June o. Doors to open at 7:45
p. m.
Committee on Buildings and Grounds
reported progress in regard to repair
ing grounds around the Garfield build
ing.
The President appointed Miss Smith
as enumerator for First ward, Miss
Bunbury for Third ward, Charles F.
Martin for Second ward and John w.
Sharp for Fourth ward, to commence
their work July 1st, 1887.
j. w. Eastman reported he had made
all repairs to the Union Street School
building as instructed, upon which the
Board instructed him to have a stone
walk laid from the east door of said
building to the sidewalk on the avenue
also to have a coal house built.
Motion made and carried that the
Committee on Buildings and Grounds
visit all the ward buildings for the pur-
pose of finding out what necessary re-
pairs are needed, and if any repairs be
needed, to instruct the member having
charge OF such building to have such
repairs made. .
Committee on Claims made the fol-
lowing report, which was accepted, and
orders drawn for the following claims.
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RIaine IN the Oeear,.

New YORK, June S.-Mr. and Mrs
James G. Blaine and their daughters
Misses NJ. and Hattie Blaine, left the
Fifth Avenue hotel shortly after
o'clock this morning and reached the
North German Lloyd pier at Hoboken
New Jersey, at $50 O'Clock, where they
for Southampton at 7:3O o'clock. The
steamer Adriatic, on which William
O'Brien is a passenger, sailed at
o'clock this morning.
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STRUCK by q ThunderboIt.

ST.. LOUIS, June IA special from
Brownsville, Texas, says: On Sunday
about p. m thunderbolt struck a
house at Chaten's ranch, killing two
people and stunning four others. Man
mel Portales and his wife were killed
outright. Eugene Rincone and his
wife were stunned and when brought
to were each blind in the right eye.
Two of Rincone's boys were also
ing breakfast at the time of the acct
dent. A suspicion has always existed
among the neighbors that Portales and
his son VIII killed his wife's first hus-
band, and they think that heavens
vengeance has been visited on them and
a warning given to others.
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CHICAGO, June Ga Grand Forks
Dakota special says: During the alb
sence of BOkken a Norwegian farmer
at a neighbours house, Mrs. Bokken and
two children aged three and four years
were left at home. The mother left
the house and on returning she found
the room in which she had left the
children was on fire. Quickly snatch
ing the youngest child she made rush
for the door, in doing which she upset
kerosene can, the Oil igniting and
setting fire to her clothing. She sue
ceeded in getting out doors where she
lay down with the child in her arms.
Both were literally roasted to death.
The other child was burned to death
in the house,
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TraEn Difched.

ST. LOUIS, Mo-, June S.-A special
from Hannibal, Missouri, says: Ar
accommodation train on the st. Louis
81 Hannibal railroad was ditched neal
Frankfort yesterday afternoon. Mrs
Dickinson of New London, was prob
ably fatally injured, another lady had
her arm broken, Conductor Richardson
had a leg crushed and Brakeman
Mallery's collar bone was broken. The
cause of the accident is not known.